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The Toronto Raptors will make the trip down to Madison Square Garden in New York to take on the New York Knicks on Friday night. Despite terrible starts to the year, both teams are right in the thick of things in the weak Atlantic Division.
The Portland Trail Blazers have surprised everybody this season, and they’ve done so in dramatic fashion.
The Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies will face off in the Toyota Center on Thursday.
The NBA and Christmas have gone hand-in-hand over the years with a holiday offering of big time matchups. This year is no exception with five showdowns on this Wednesday’s slate.
The Rockets are heading into the traditional Christmas Day matchups looking to double up on road victories against San Antonio – thats right they are one of three teams to nip the Spurs at home this season.
Houston Rockets (18-11) vs. San Antonio Spurs (22-6)
Wednesday December 25
At&T Center – San Antonio, TX
8:00PM
Moneyline: San Antonio -300, Houston +250
Spread: San Antonio -7
O/U: 209
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This is the second of a classic Texas Triangle for the Rockets who need to rebound from a home loss to Dallas on Monday night. This team has been sputtering lately just 5-5 in their last 10.
Unfortunately for Houston, SG James Harden is questionable for this prime-time game. He was fantastic in scoring 31 points in their last victory against the Spurs but replacement Francisco Garcia hardly puts much fean into an opponent. PG Jeremy Lin missed that one but he will be available this time. Lin played for the first time in a couple of weeks on Monday and did not look rusty at all in scoring 20 points against the Mavs.
Over the last 10 the Rockets have covered when they won 4 out of 5 times. Beating the Spurs again at home of going to be very tough to do but even without Harden they can play this team very tight and get a cover. The underdog is 13-6 ATS in this series over the last several seasons including 1-0 this year.
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The Spurs sit atop the Southwest Division looking down on Houston and others. The great thing about this San Antonio team this season is that it really takes care of business against the lower tiers of the league, so far they have lost just 6 games but all of them have been to team that can reasonably considered contenders for an NBA title this season, including the Rockets. They will be looking to prove a point to Houston in this one.
After being out of the lineup for a few games PG Tony Parker returned and had his best game of the season against Toronto in a win on Monday night. Conversely PF Tim Duncan didn’t even score in double digits, and looked more like the player who struggled over the first month of the season. The Spurs have the great record but some of their younger players like Kawhi Leonard haven’t take off like we anticipated after last year’s run to the finals.
The Spurs have not been a good bet at home this season, just 5-8 ATS as compared to 10-5 on the road. Almost always the favourite they do seem to get up for these divisional games with a 5-1 ATS run going against teams from the Southwest division. The one was that earlier SU loss to the Rockets
Spread Pick: Push
O/U Pick: Under
Score Prediction: San Antonio 99 – Houston 92
The Los Angeles Lakers will go to battle once again without Kobe Bryant on Friday when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Toronto Raptors will travel down to the Lone Star State on Friday for a date with the Dallas Mavericks.
The Houston Rockets bounced back on Wednesday night by pounding the Chicago Bulls 109-94. The Indiana Pacers will look to bounce back after losing two in a row. Including a heartbreaking loss to the Miami Heat on December 18th.
The Chicago Bulls were once considered a legitimate title contender, but the recent season-ending injury to Derrick Rose has all but eliminated them from contention at this point in the 2013-14 season.
San Antonio got back to winning last night against Phoenix after a debacle at the Clippers to start the week. Knowing they had a back to back they did it in impressive fashion by not overextending their starters and without PG Tony Parker who has a shin thing and is not expected to play in this one either.
The Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers are ready for round 2. Last week, the Pacers got the better of the Heat in Indiana and the Heat will look for a little revenge in Miami this go around.
Entering the 2013-14 NBA season, the Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves were supposed to be neck and neck when it came to the final few spots in the postseason.
The Charlotte Bobcats will make the trip up to the Air Canada Centre to take on the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.
There is a full slate of 12 games on this Wednesday’s NBA schedule starting at 7 p.m. (ET) so the action will be fast and furious all night long.
As far as betting on the games, I have uncovered a pair of matchups that come together perfectly to form this week’s ‘NBA Wednesday Parlay’ play.
By now the Bulls should be adapted to the fact that Derrick Rose will not be available. The problem is that means that this team is going to be in some tough spots, especially in games where they need someone to make an important bucket.
What in the world has gotten into the Portland Trail Blazers? Through 25 contests, the team from the Northwest Division has lost just four games, giving it the best record in the entire NBA.
